DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN KINETICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION
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Item Preparing health teachers for health challenges in the twenty-first century(Department of Teacher Education, University of Ibadan, 1999) Moronkola, O. A.; Odelola, J. O.Item RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPORTS FACILITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS IN SELECTED NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES(1989-01) ADESANYA, O. A.The focus of this thesis was based on the examination of the relationship between sports facilities and sports participation in selected Nigerian Universities. In conducting this research, certain issues were raised. These included the adequacy or otherwise of the available facilities, the maintenance levels of these facilities and the participation levels in sports by both the students and staff of the selected Universities. The null hypothesis stated that there would be no significant relationship between the available sports facilities and sports participation in the selected Nigerian Universities. The main and sub-hypotheses were tested using the Spearman Rank-Order Correlation (r s), the chi-square (x2), and percentages in order to accept or reject the hypotheses. The analyses were based on well presented data on the thirteen universally played sports in Nigerian Universities Games Association (NUGA). The results showed high and positive correlation of the variables. All the sub-hypotheses were accepted. The findings showed that sports facilities in these universities were inadequate and substandard while the maintenance levels of the facilities were unsatisfactory. The participation levels in sports were also found to be low. Based on these findings, it was concluded that there was no significant relationship between the available sports facilities and sports participation in the selected Nigerian Universities. It was therefore recommended that Nigerian Universities should provide adequate and standard sports facilities in their campuses. The maintenance of these facilities should also be a priority to every University. These were considered as vital factors to effective participation in University sports.Item URBANIZATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AS INDICES OF HEALTH BEHAVIOUR OF RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA(1985-06) ADEJUMO, M. A.The focus of this thesis was to find out the influence of urbanisation and demographic factors on the health behaviour of the rural and urban communities in Oyo State, Nigeria. A knowledge of the local situation on the influence of urbanisation and demographic factors was lacking. The study provided a vital link between foreign researches in this direction and the local situation. Besides, the study provided an insight into the health behaviour pattern of rural and urban dwellers. Thus health planners would be aided in designing programmes to tackle specific health problems in varying cultures from the information in this study. The study was limited to three urban towns in different stages of industrial and population growth. They were Eruwa (pre-industrial town), Osogbo (industrial or urban City) and Ibadan (metropolitan). Two sets of rural settlements were also used for this study. They were the remote rural communities which include Ogboro, Tewure and Imini. The second group was the urban fringed rural settlements which also inelude Oko, Kuta and Erimo. The health behaviour characteristics investigated were avenues sought for treatment during illness, drug use, and nutrition. The demographic factors that were examined as to their influence on the respondents in this study were education, inoome, age, sex and marital status. 983 subjects were selected for this study. The method of selection was based on different proportional representation of each study area in relation to their population. The main research tool in this study was questionnaire. It was designed by the researcher with the assistance of the project supervisor. Pilot testing of the questionnaire was carried out to correct ambiguity in the questionnaire and to improve on the qualities of measurement and discriminability of the questionnaire. The sampling technique employed in the distribution of the questionnaire was clustered sampling. The main statistical tool used in the analysis was chisquare and percentages. The conclusions from the study were that urbanisation and demographic factors influenced the health behaviour of the respondents in respect of avenues.Item AEROBIC, ANAEROBIC AND HAEMATOLOGIC RESPONSES OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION MALE STUDENTS TO DEHYDRATION REHYDRATION AND SUPERHYDRATION(1992) ADEGUN, J. A.The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of dehydration, rehydration and superhydration on the aerobic, anaerobic, haematologic and some related body composition variables in College of Education male students. A repeated measures experimental design was used for the study. The subjects were twenty healthy Physical and Health Education students of Ondo State College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti. They were volunteers certified fit by the physician .before they were allowed to take part in the study. The variables tested were maximum oxygen consumption (Maxvo 2). Recovery heart rate, myocardial oxygen consumption, speed, power, packed cell volume (PVC), osmotic fragility, percent body fat and lean body weight. The subjects were pre-assessed on the selected variables. For the first condition, the subjects were dehydrated so that over 3% of the body weight of each was lost before the exercise and subsequent reassessment. Also, they were allowed two weeks after dehydration for rehydration to take place before being exposed to exercise and evaluation. For superhydration, the subjects drank 2 litres of water each 30 minutes before the evaluation took place. Nine sub-hypotheses were formulated and tested at significant level of 0.05. The data were analysed, using descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics used were mean, range and standard deviation. The inferential statistics was the ANOVA. The method of Scheffe was used to determine where the differences. The results showed significant differences in weight, speed, recovery heart rate, maximum oxygen consumption (Maxvo 2), myocardial oxygen consumption as well as the haematologic variables of packed cell volume (PVC) and Osmotic fragility among the three levels of hydration. Superhydration affected only maximum oxygen consumption (Maxvo2). Recovery heart rate, myocardial oxygen consumption, PCV and Osmotic fragility. Other variables were not influenced significantly by the various conditions. Its concluded that dehydration was detrimental to physical performances and red blood cells while superhydration enchanced aerobic capacity.Item IMPACTS OF PERCEIVED SEVERITY OF SICKNESS AND BENEFIT OF TREATMENT ON COMPLIANCE OF LEPROSY PATIENTS IN SOKOTO STATE(1988-08) ADAMU, A. O.The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of perceived severity of sickness and benefit of treatment in relation to compliance to treatment of leprosy patients in Sokoto State. The study also looked into the interactive effects of perceived severity of sickness and benefit of treatment on compliance of the various groups of leprosy patients in the state. Nine sub-hypotheses were stated to guide the study towards finding an answer to the main hypothesis. Using the cluster sampling technique, 952 randomly selected subjects from Argungu, Sokoto and Zuru administrative divisions of Sokoto State were used for the study. The main research instrument for the study was the structured interview. The interviews were conducted by the researcher with the aid of six selected and trained assistants. The chi-square x(2) was used to test the sub-hypotheses at a significant level of 0.05. The x(2) was however corroborated by the descriptive statistics (percentages). The findings of the study revealed that the higher the level of perceived severity of sickness, the lower the compliance rate. However, with regards to perceived benefit of treatment, the higher the perception, the higher the compliance rate. The percentages for compliance in the case of perceived severity of sickness were 40.4% for those who perceived leprosy very severe, 49.9% and 54.9% for those who perceived leprosy moderately severe and not severe respectively. The percentages for compliance in the case of perceived benefit of treatment were 90.6%, 73.8% and 19% for those who perceived treatment very beneficial, somewhat beneficial and not beneficial respectively. The result showed that those who perceived treatment very beneficial complied to treatment more than those who perceived the disease very severe. Similarly, those who perceived treatment somewhat beneficial were better compilers than those who perceived the disease moderately severe. However, those who perceived the disease not severe were better compilers than those who perceived treatment not beneficial. Based upon the findings of this study, the researcher recommended among other things, a wide and effective public enlightment on the various aspects of leprosy and people should be made to realised that leprosy is curable, it is not a very severe disease, it doesn't kill it only cripples the victim if treatment is delayedItem ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AS RELATED TO SOME PSYCHOSOCIAL AND CAREER VARIABLES OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY TEACHERS(1994-12) ACHALU, E. I.This study investigated occupational stress as related to psychosocial variables of job satisfaction and psychological well-being of teachers in the first generation Nigerian Universities. Also the study assessed the differences in occupational stress experienced by the teachers with respect to career variables such job status and years of teaching experience as well as biographical characteristics namely, age and sex. The research method was a cross-sectional survey design. Cluster sampling technique was used to select teachers in the first generation Nigerian universities. A total of 300 university teachers responded to the Teacher Stress and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire as well as the General Health Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise the data. Multiple regression, chi-square, t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. Scheffe post-hoc test was used to detect differences among groups where ANOVA was found significant. The results show that an overwhelming majority of the teachers (67.0%) were experiencing moderate levels of occupational stress while 15.0% and 18.0% were experiencing low and high levels of stress respectively. Despite this, 97.0% of the teachers reported moderate to high levels of job satisfaction with only 3.0% reporting low job satisfaction. Also a majority of the teachers (94.0%) reported moderate to high levels of psychological well-being. The reason for the findings are not clear. but it could be that the teachers have learnt to cope with the stressors encountered in the course of their work. Possibly, it could that the reported high levels of job satisfaction may have helped to moderate or reduce the impact of stress on the teachers' health. Regression analysis revealed a positive and significant relationship between occupational stress and job dissatisfaction (r=.43; P < .001); between occupational stress and psychological symptoms (r = .35; P < .001); and between job dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms (r = .45; P < .001). These findings are consistent with previous studies on teacher stress. Furthermore, there were no significant differences in total occupational stress levels with respect to age, sex and years of teaching experience. However, there was a significant difference in stress levels experienced by the teachers with respect to job status. Professors and Readers reported the lowest levels of stress followed by Senior Lecturers with junior lecturers-experiencing the most stress. The study identified the major sources of occupational stress among the Nigerian university teachers. Shortage of teaching materials, poor working conditions, heavy workload, time pressure, overcrowded classrooms, low salary and unfavourable conditions of service ranked accordingly as the most significant causes of stress. Finally, the present study indicated that occupational stress, job satisfaction and psychological health are closely related and that greater stress leads to low job satisfaction and some degree of psychological dysfunction. Thus occupational stress has negative effects on teachers' health and well-being. Moreover the results support the view in literature that teaching is a satisfying but a demanding and stressful occupation. Based on the findings of this study recommendations were made on how to reduce occupational stress and improve the health and quality of life of university teachers.Item Enhancing students' physical fitness through physical and health education teaching(Stirling-Horden Publishers (Nig,) Ltd., Ibadan., 1997) Oladipo, D.This paper critically examines the ways by which students' physical fitness can be enhanced through the teaching of physical and health Education. A student of physical and health Education should be physically fit if the objectives of the subject were to be met. The paper emphasizes that there is need to develop both the health related physical fitness components and performance-related physical fitness components of students through chalkboard classroom teaching practical teaching of various games and sports and during training for school sports. The benefit of physical fitness is not limited to an individual but it is also an index to any Country's National posture. The vigour of any Country is no stronger than the vitality and will of her Country men.